Hip Hop and Breakz

Roc Marciano has been a dope emcee for sometime now dropping dope vereses over some nice beats especially the Pete Rock one.  Well now he has managed to snag a dope Madlib beat for his upcoming mixtape The Pimpire Strikes back.

As a teenager I spent many days skating at the Southbank; making friends, learning tricks, injuring myself and taking part in the wider community that skateboarding introduced me to. My hope was that when my son was old enough he too would be able to do this. Unfortunately the short sighted owners of the Southbank plane to tear it up and replace it with commercial units and relocate the skating area to the under Hungerford bridge 120 metres further down the Thame. However what they continually fail to understand is that the Southbank is an organic evolution created by skaters that has been used for over 40 years. Please support the Long Live Southbank campaign.

RIP to Lou Reed the man that influenced almost 50 years of Rock Music.   "One chord is fine," he once said, alluding to his bare-bones guitar style. "Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz."

Homework Volume 1: Birthday Beats by DJ Harry Love My man DJ Harry Love has been producing classic Hip-Hop joints for a number of years now featuring some of the UK's finest lyricists; Verb T, Ransom Badbonez and Jehst to name a few.  He has just released a new compilation via Bandcamp called Homeworkwork Volume 1:Birthday Beats.  It os ten tracks long and can be bought from Bandcamp for as little as £3 although listening to it will surely prompt you to make a more generous donation.  Its a dope little project with some interesting beats and rhymes.  Hopefully the first in a series of compilations from one of London's finest.  Pick that shit up y'all.

This is latest video from R.A. the Rugged Man's dope album Legends never Die.  This is a nice joint with a piano loop and guest verses from Brother Ali and Masta Ace.

The first joint from Madlib's Rock Konducta LP due to drop in December.  The track is called Black Widows and the album will be released on Stones Throw as per usual. Madlib will also be appearing across Europe in October and November Oct 19: Madlib on Boilerroom.tv Oct 29: Madlib in Budapest @ Trafó House of Contemporary Arts Oct 31: Madlib in Brussels @ Europalia Festival Nov 2: Madlib in Manchester @ Warehouse Project Nov 11: Madlib in Glasgow @ SWG3 Warehouse Always worth seeing Madlib live if you can so I would recommend catching a show.  Unfortunately no London show.

After a long delay the Kool G Rap and Necro album, Once upon a Crime is almost ready to drop. This is the first video from what promises to be one of the best underground albums of the year.